A bursting open, splitting, or gaping along natural or sutured lines. [L. dehisco, to split apart or open]
- root d. a loss of the buccal or lingual bone overlaying the root portion of a tooth, leaving that area covered by soft tissue only.
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de·his·cence di-'his-ən(t)s n the parting of the sutured lips of a surgical wound <wound \dehiscence resulting from infection>
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n.
a splitting open, as of a surgical wound.
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de·his·cence (de-hisґəns) [L. dehiscere to gape] a splitting open.Medical dictionary. 2011.